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Badger Spelling Bee Winner

Date: 04 25 1952
Description: Beth Knope, 13-year-old champion of the Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, with Walter W. Engelke, the principal of Nakoma school, ...
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Badger Boys' State Representatives

Date: 06 13 1950
Description: Three Madison Badger Boys' State representatives pose for a portrait at Olin Terrace overlooking Lake Monona. They are, from left to right: Owen Roberts, W...
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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: A badger on display at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), opened in 1911.
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Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1936
Description: A view of several people sitting and standing under a tree in front of a beach area at Devil's Lake State Park. People are swimming and wading in the water...
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Caged Polar Bear

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Description: A polar bear in its cage at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). This is one of many photographs made by Harold Hone to illustrate "Wisconsin: A Guide to...
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Badger Block and Badger Block Annex

Date: 1973
Description: View across South Carroll Street towards two buildings. In full view on the left is the Badger Block, with decorative and ornate oriel windows. The ground ...
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Dahlia Flower Show Judges

Date: 09 04 1955
Description: Dahlia show judges stand behind champion dahlias at the Community Center, sponsored by the Badger State Dahlia Society. Shown are left to right: Willard A....
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Allis Chalmers Tractor-Truck

Date: 1914
Description: During the years 1913-1914 Allis-Chalmers manufactured this vehicle, a tractor-truck, which was primarily sold to the French and Russian governments.
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Wisconsin Symbols "Bucky Badger" and "Husky Musky"

Date: 12 24 1952
Description: Two Wisconsin symbols, the University of Wisconsin's "Bucky Badger" and the state's sports fishing logo, "Husky Musky," will be aboard the special train ca...
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German Brown Trout

Date: 1936
Description: A view of freshly caught German Brown Trout, lying near a net and fishing pole.
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"Wisconsin" Statue

Date: 04 11 1971
Description: "Wisconsin," the bronze statue which was sculpted by Daniel Chester French, covered in gold leaf, atop the Wisconsin State Capitol. The piece includes a ba...
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Badger Fans at Airport

Date: 11 18 1950
Description: Part of a crowd of 150 waiting at the fence at the Truax airport terminal as the Badger football team's chartered airplane returns at 8:20 PM after losing ...
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Homecoming Pep Rally

Date: 11 11 1949
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of nearly 4,000 students standing in a drizzling rain to cheer for a Badger victory at the UW Homecoming Pep Rally.
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Big Smoky Falls

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River, on the Menominee Reservation.
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UW vs. Ohio State Football Game

Date: 10 12 1946
Description: Wisconsin fullback Earl Maves (35) dashed 36 yards for a touchdown to start the Badger scoring in the third quarter with Wisconsin halfback Don Kindt (11) ...
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Log Cabin

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Description: A view of a "log cabin of a pioneer". Two other log cabins are visible in the background.
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Control Gates

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Description: A view of the control gates on the federal floor control dam on the Mississippi River, in the La Crosse vicinity.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 30 1949
Description: Roy Matson, Wisconsin State Journal editor, standing to the right and presenting a championship trophy to Charlotte Kreul of Fennimore, Wisconsin. W...
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Badger Bonspiel

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: Admiring table decorations at the Badger Bonspiel banquet, held at the Hoffman House, are (seated left to right) Marion Leifer and Elizabeth Morton. They a...
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"The Grand Loggery"

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Description: A view of "the Grand Loggery," Governor Doty's home at Neenah-Menasha, built in 1845.

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